Q: What's the difference between donating my organs and donating my body? Anatomical donations fall broadly into two categories: organ donation or body donation. Organ donation is the one we hear about the most, with dramatic stories of lives saved when all other hope seemed lost. These headline-making tales inspire many to choose donation as…
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Just as rates of Americans choosing cremation over burial have risen from only 5% in the 1970s to more than 50% in 2018, more and more people today continue to select whole-body donation as an end-of-life option. Fueled by a number of factors, including rising costs of burial and a growing sense of social awareness…
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The decision to be a body donor (or an organ donor) is not just a personal decision, but one that forces us to face our own mortality. No one likes to sit around and think about death, so we put it off, sometimes until it’s too late. But the truth is, having a plan in…
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Promoting Awareness for Organ and Tissue Donation in Multicultural Communities Donate Life ECHO is a national campaign, running from July 9th to July 22nd, to highlight the importance of organ, eye, and tissue donation in multicultural communities. ECHO stands for Every Community Has Opportunity – the opportunity to save and heal lives.Why Is The Donate Life…
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